City’s Street-Sweeping Operation Completed Ahead of Schedule

Anchorage- Mayor Dan Sullivan announced today that because of improvedcoordination and newer, better maintained equipment, municipal streets are clear ofgravel faster than in years past.

State environmental laws dictate that Anchorage's streets be swept three times everysummer: the first sweep must be complete by June 1, the second by Aug. 1, and thethird by Oct. 1. As of early this week, the first sweep is complete."Our Street Maintenance employees deserve a lot of credit for working hard to removethe gravel from our streets this spring," said Mayor Dan Sullivan. "We're doing thingsbetter by being more efficient, and this proves it. My goal is to see more of thesesuccesses as we streamline city services."

Dan Southard, superintendent for the city's Street Maintenance & Operations division,says several factors led to the quick clean up. "We refined our program this year to makesure we had no wasted motion when sweeping our streets," said Southard. "The FleetMaintenance division worked to make sure our equipment was up and running, and weworked 24 hours a day, seven days a week to get the job done. The fact that we endedup two weeks ahead of schedule is great news for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians."

Because state roads are maintained by the Alaska State Dept. of Transportation andother streets are serviced by private contractors, residents may still notice some gravelon certain roads. All roads under municipal jurisdiction, however, are clear. Informationabout which jurisdiction roads fall under can be found online on Street Maintenance'swebsite: www.muni.org/departments/operations/streets/. Click on "Maps" for a list of maplinks.

Gravel recovered during the sweeping process is saved for the next winter's gravelneeds. More than 10,000 tons of gravel are applied to municipal roads every winter.
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